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The Vocabulary of Exile by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-10-04
At twenty-one, Ilya Rozanov is the Soviet Union’s most perfect weapon, a soldier of the Red Machine who has spent three years locked in a silent, jagged war on the ice with Canada’s golden boy, Shane Hollander.
When the Montreal Metros claim him as a "wasted" mid-round draft pick, the rivalry transforms from a professional grudge into a desperate lifeline. On the final night of the 1988 Calgary Olympics, he risks everything, his family, his career, and his safety, to start a new life in the West. Forced into a high-stakes billet under the roof of his bitter professional rival, Ilya must navigate a world where freedom feels like a new kind of prison.
As Ilya struggles to adapt, the crumbling Soviet empire reaches across the ocean, searching for leverage to help pull him back.
OR: What if Ilya fled Russia in 1988 to play for the Montreal Metros?
- Part 1 of Defective
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 260,211
- Chapters:
- 33/40
- Files:
- 2 versions
- AO3:
- #78926751
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Shane accidentally destroys his phone during the 2014 MLH Awards in Las Vegas. When Rozanov refuses to kiss or speak with him after they hook up, Shane decides to stop trying to make their not-relationship work. He doesn’t bother telling Rozanov. After all, Rozanov won’t care—he’s made that very, very clear.
(Ilya cares. A lot.)
or, shane drops his phone down an elevator shaft. it changes everything.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 103,130
- Chapters:
- 31/51
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #88822026
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Shane didn’t remember his first time skating, but he remembered when hockey became a career, when he became the vessel for his parents’ dreams, when his hockey ability came second to where his ancestors were born or who he loved, when he became a brand. Somewhere in these memories, though he couldn’t say exactly where, he learned to hide himself.
And then, behind an arena in Regina, he met Ilya Rozanov, who managed to see him anyway. The hours they spent together each year became the only time Shane could breathe, until being apart felt like suffocating. But Shane had entered the hockey world with two strikes against him, and he couldn’t let Ilya become his third.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 87,969
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #79069226
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“Shane, this is Ilya Rozanov.”
For a world-ending moment, it felt like the ground was falling out from beneath him. The hand he’d been extending to greet the new bodyguard froze in midair, a stab of panic jolting through his entire body.
Because it was the man from the night before. The man he’d slept with.
(Shane Hollander is the son of the Canadian prime minister. He is also the captain of his college hockey team. This obscene balancing act is seemingly going just fine, until he accidentally hooks up with his new bodyguard one night at the bar.)
- Part 1 of campus security universe
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 141,034
- Chapters:
- 14/14
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #81406536
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night shift by Anonymous
Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
2026-09-27
It's Ilya's first morning at Ottawa General as a nurse on the Internal Medicine Unit — a unit that's big, hectic, and has a wide variety of patients and illnesses alike. It’s a good thing, then, they have the ICU to fall back on; when a patient crashes, they’re called in to help stabilize the patient and determine the best course of care.
Fortunately, Ilya can hold his own in a critical situation.
Unfortunately, he’s slightly obsessed with one of the most competent nurses he’s ever seen — Shane Hollander.
Or; the story of Hollanov, as told through a number of shifts.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 122,000
- Chapters:
- 19/19
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #88799651
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I'm Coming to the Cottage (No, Not That One) by Anonymous
Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Barghest | Barguest (Yorkshire England Folk Tale)
2026-09-26
Shane Hollander desperately needs to disappear.
After a spectacularly awful week, a remote Yorkshire cottage seems like the perfect place to hide from the press, rediscover himself, and drink an irresponsible amount of tea.
Unfortunately, the cottage isn't empty.
The Russian stranger insists it’s his, but Shane has paperwork that says otherwise.
It's just after midnight, there's a storm outside, the roads are probably flooded, and the only available weapon is a stuffed fish.
Clearly, this is all Svetlana's fault.
They're both convinced the cottage belongs to them and they're both refusing to leave.
A Yorkshire romcom.
Inspired by The Holiday (2006), with lashings of Wallace & Gromit.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 79,447
- Chapters:
- 12/12
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #87748931
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It's just something about you (All the things you do) by cowboylikeme4me
Heated Rivalry (TV)
2026-09-26
12:00 AM- January 1st, 2004, 12 years old. Ilya clumsily shifts forward, knocking their noses together. Shane's breath hitches at the contact. Then all he feels is Ilya’s lips making contact with the corner of his mouth. All his senses leave his body. His mind is blank. The only things that exists are hazel eyes, golden curls, and the Russian boy in front of him, whose lips feel soft against Shane's or Shane and Ilya meet at boarding school in Canada in 2003. They would die for each other, they are best friends...they are also totally in love with one another and are just too stubborn and scared to admit it out loud.
- Part 1 of All the things you do AU…
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 126,198
- Chapters:
- 18/18
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #78604276
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Growing Outward by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-09-17
“Good, well then that brings me to the real topic of conversation.” Another sigh from Coach Wiebe, “As I’m sure you’ve already guessed, those highlighted names have been offered rookie contracts and they’ve each expressed interest in living with a vet for their first year.”
Ilya felt his heart fall into his stomach, afraid of the next words to come out of his Coach’s mouth.
“We asked the rookies who they’d like to live with and, well, LaPointe wanted to board with you, Chouinard. And Young with you, Bood,” Wiebe then turned to Ilya who had frozen on the spot, “And Roz, Haas wants to live with you.”
Bood and Chouinard chuckled as they watched Ilya’s eyes widen in horror.
OR
Luca Haas was drafted 2nd overall by the Ottawa Centaurs in 2018. Two years later, he anxiously moved halfway across the world to play his rookie season with the team. He requested to live with Ilya Rozanov and they slowly became family.
- Part 1 of Growing Outward Series
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 183,495
- Chapters:
- 36/36
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #78592636
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Submissive Shane Hollander was taken and trafficked three years ago, passed between abusive Doms and clubs. Then he meets Dom Ilya Rozanov, who unexpectedly brings him home. Shane knows better than to trust Rozanov's gentle smile and soft words, after all, Rozanov has a reputation of making subs disappear and allowing reckless doms into his own club back in Boston. The trouble is, Rozanov settles his mind and body. Shane has never wanted a consistent bonded Dom, but he can't escape how much he desires and craves Rozanov's touch and voice. This is a story of rebuilding a stolen life, healing from the unspeakable, and learning that it's okay to love yourself.
- Part 1 of Catch Me Before I Fall
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 43,844
- Chapters:
- 13/13
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #88864681
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The Ice Is Colder In Moscow by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-09-14
Shane Hollander spends the 2010 Prospect Cup Tournament in a small room, being questioned by police. He thinks that telling the truth will save him. Instead, he’s betrayed by his teammates and pushed to the forefront of a scandal that destroys his chances with any NHL team. Only one professional hockey league is willing to look the other way.
Desperate to play, Shane Hollander signs a contract with the KHL, packs his things, and moves to Russia.
(Or: As he grapples with a scandal, Shane gives up on the NHL and ends up playing on Ilya Rozanov’s KHL team in Moscow.)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 67,894
- Chapters:
- 11/17
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #85381091
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Early Mornings by Anonymous
Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
2026-09-13
In which Shane owns a bakery and Ilya eats so much bread that he triggers a gay awakening.
- Part 1 of Shane is a baker
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 43,933
- Chapters:
- 15/15
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #89920776
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for assistance, please call 1-800-go-fuck-yourself by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-09-10
Brad Hammersmith @BHammerRaiders
Replying to @raidersfangirl26 @BHammerRaiders
@raidersfangirl26 Uh…what did I ever do to you, random teenage girl hockey fan?ella @raidersfangirl26
Replying to @BHammerRaiders @raidersfangirl26
you skate like bambi on ice and i find it personally offensive. i can recommend a retirement home if you’d likeBrad Hammersmith @BHammerRaiders
Replying to @raidersfangirl26 @BHammerRaiders
What the fuck? I’m 34. And why did you tweet last month that “brad hammersmith looks like he has a not-like-the-other-girls complex but he actually is like the other girls”. What does that mean?!ella @raidersfangirl26
Replying to @BHammerRaiders @raidersfangirl26
you forgot the part where i said it’s ok to be like the other girls-
In which a group of unlikely queers terrorizes the whole of the NHL, Boston, Montreal, and Ottawa, but most of all…each other.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 109,109
- Chapters:
- 16/16
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #87664181
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Ultraviolence by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-09-10
“What makes you so confident you can handle him when Montreal couldn’t?” A reporter asks.
“Because he actually listens to me. Montreal didn’t have a damn clue how to handle guys like him. Me? Oh, I already got this kid under my thumb.”
Once celebrated as the NHL’s most promising young player, Shane Hollander’s rookie season collapses after brutally attacking a teammate during a nationally televised playoff game, leaving him suspended, publicly disgraced, and traded to the Boston Raiders.
Months later, Shane arrives in Boston determined to keep his head down and prove himself. But Ilya Rozanov has already taken an unsettling interest in him.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 68,308
- Chapters:
- 7/?
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #86960821
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the same team by Anonymous
Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-09-08
“This might have been a bad idea.”
“You think so?”
“Hollander’s pissed.” Marlow said, stating the obvious.
“No he’s not.” Ilya answered easily. “He’s just nervous.”
“About what?”“About asking if he can watch you fuck me.”
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Ilya and Marlow have been hooking up for years - though it was never personal (until it was too late).
- Part 3 of the system
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 89,367
- Chapters:
- 20/20
- Files:
- 2 versions
- AO3:
- #81913166
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The Fencer by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-09-01
Dr Shane Hollander has spent fifteen years looking for a statue most scholars believe never existed. He finally gets his vindication when it turns up on a construction site outside Florence, perfectly preserved in all its Greek-god beauty and carrying an untranslatable inscription.
It would be the best day of his life if the insufferable linguist dispatched to help decode the text didn't have the exact same face as the statue that's possessed his thoughts since he was seventeen.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 28,948
- Chapters:
- 12/12
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #89979796
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They're having breakfast when he tells them. He only remembers because he'd dreamed weird again last night. This time it was an older boy, who was trying to stop a little golden-haired baby from crying.
“What,” says Mom, in that flat voice she gets when she's trying not to sound surprised.
“...what?” says Dad, who clearly hadn't been listening. That's fine, Shane forgets to listen too, sometimes.
“I keep dreaming people I don't know,” Shane repeats patiently. He can be patient.
Shane Hollander habitually ends up in other people's dreams, which is fine. It's a family trait, on both sides, to slip into the dreams of the people you love. What's less fine is how Shane keeps dreaming strangers.
Or: like if a soulmates au took several detours.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 32,333
- Chapters:
- 4/6
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #81564546
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Recalculating the Ten Year Plan by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-08-29
What if after tuna melts, whispered names and the Rose of it all - in a post All Stars Game world - Shane thinks the world is finally starting to make sense again to him. Once the ground is firm under his feet - or so he thinks anyway - it's turns out to be less than stable? What if when Shane was getting his hook ups in Mexico and Hollywood - he wasn’t as unnoticed as he had originally thought?
When Montreal shows it’s true colors sooner, a No Trade Clause is waived and Boston gets an opportunity to build a dynasty that rivals the one of their largest rivals up North.
What if Shane and Ilya’s worlds are turned upside down and things with their over 8 year long situationship (now maybe relationship?) suddenly got more complicated and somehow simplified at the same time? Shane honestly thinks this is possibly the most ‘them’ resolution to a situation he has ever found. Ilya is just doing his best - he thinks. Maybe.
Also, the Power Play in Boston is about to be the thing of nightmares, if a certain Russian can stop blocking Shane's damn shot…
- Part 1 of New Paths Forward
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 77,026
- Chapters:
- 9/?
- Files:
- 3 versions
- AO3:
- #78306226
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smoke in the air (you’re filling my lungs) by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-08-28
“Worried about me, Hollander?”
A few months ago, Shane would’ve called him an asshole and left him in this dingy hospital room alone. A few months ago, Shane would’ve rolled his eyes and thrown back a line about wanting to ensure all his patients were looked after and how he had a responsibility, especially to members of his own firehouse. Hell, a few months ago, maybe Shane wouldn’t have even been here in the first place.
But today, after the scare he’s had and the hours he’s spent really coming to terms with… well, everything, Shane just nods tiredly.
“I was. I was terrified actually. I haven’t left this hospital since I rolled in doing chest compressions on you because we couldn’t get your sinus rhythm back and your heart stopped.”
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OR: Ilya Rozanov is Firehouse 17's supposed asshole lieutenant and Shane Hollander is their newest paramedic.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 104,087
- Chapters:
- 9/11
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #82711866
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What if Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov didn't hook up at the CCM photoshoot, but agreed to fake date instead?
And Yuna used her witchy powers for matchmaking good?
What would it look like if Hallmark had a fake dating at Thanksgiving and Christmas movie, but it was X-rated?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 57,390
- Chapters:
- 12/12
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #91454906
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Lily-Jane's Agency by Theoz_wolf
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-08-26
'𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙄𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙊𝙁𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙣.' '𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝘼𝙏 𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮—𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙥.' '"𝙄 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝘽𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙙": 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚' ・・・・・ "What now, Daddy?" the boy asked, his voice quiet and curious. "And now..." Shane smiled, resting his forehead against the boy's. "You're going to come live with me. Forever. Just you and me, buddy."
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 194,943
- Chapters:
- 25/25
- Files:
- 2 versions
- AO3:
- #89486481